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Sunday Times (Johannesburg) - October 6, 2002
Michael Schmidt
He praised corporations that have contributed to the loveLife campaign, which aims to make youth aware of how to avoid contracting Aids.
loveLife's corporate sponsors include the Sunday Times, which prints our S'camto young lifestyle insert. Corporate sponsorship of services to loveLife so far was worth at least R50-million.
Clinton said Aids was "100% preventable . . . there's medicine that turns the disease from a death sentence to a chronic illness for people who get it [HIV/Aids]".
"It's because we have not done enough to mobilise people like you to stop people from getting it in the first place.
"We have not done enough to demand that leaders, like me, give people the medicine, the care and the treatment they need once they do get it."
Mandela's daughter, Zindzi Mandela-Hlongwane, of loveLife, gave Clinton the nickname Siphiwe - meaning "gift"- and called him a "true African-American" because of what she said was his concern for the African continent. He has just signed deals on HIV/Aids prevention in Mozambique and Rwanda.
Asked by Clinton what the older generation needed to do to help the youth defeat HIV/Aids, John Ntsele, 19, of Orange Farm, said it was important to include the youth in the fight "because we are going to be the next presidents".
Meanwhile, Edwin Lombard reports that diners at a trendy Cape Town restaurant caught a glimpse of Clinton, who was accompanied by Hollywood actors Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker, on Friday night.
Clinton told diners: "I just love Cape Town. You've got a great city." Ren e de Wet, the waitress who served Clinton, said he chose a calamari starter, followed by Norwegian salmon, garlic mash and mayonnaise. He had no dessert and no wine.
Clinton was "very down-to-earth and friendly", De Wet said. "As he left he asked if we'd like to have a picture taken and we rounded up all the staff. He was just such a cool guy.
"As he was leaving, he put his arms round a girl in his party - I don't know what her name was, she was small and dark - and said, 'Hey, take a picture of this for your local paper. This is my other wife.' "
The bill for Clinton's party came to R4 000 and he tipped the two waitresses 10% each.
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